Wall construction.



No. 767,413. PATENTED ,AUG.-16, 1904.

F. B. KIDDBR. WALL CONSTRUCTION.

APPLIOATIOII FILED FEB. 29, 1904. N0 MODEL.

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FRANK E. KIDDER, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR TO K. FERGUSON, OFDENVER, COLORADO.

WALL CONSTRUCTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,413, dated August16, 1904.

Application filed February 29, 1904. Serial No. 195,873. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. KIDDER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Denver, in the county of Denver and State ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WallConstruction, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wall construction, and pertains moreparticularly to that class of wall construction in which a wall of brickor of building-block or the like is veneered so as to give an air-spaceor air-spaces, while at the same time the facing or veneering is solidlybonded to the brickwork or other interior wall.

It has for its objects, among others, to provide an improved andsimplified construction of this nature in which the facing is'moreeffectually bonded to the wall.

I employ facing-blocks having an arm or arms, which are designed to bebonded into the wall.

The invention embraces the embodiment of this principle in a wall havingone or more rows of air-spaces in depth-that is, between the inner andouter faces of the wall when completed. The inner or the intermediatewall may be composed of concrete blocks having air-passages therethroughor of solid blocks, as may be deemed most expedient.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in theappended claims.

The invention in some forms of its embodiment is clearly illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, which, with the numerals of reference markedthereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is aperspective view showing a portion of a wall constructed in accordancewith the present invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3-is a perspective view showing a portion of: *wall having doubleair-spaces, and Fig: 4' is a plan'view" of one course ofsuch wall. j

Like 'numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews.

In carrying out my invention I employ blocks of concrete or othersuitable material adapted for the facing or veneering of the wall, andthese blocks each comprise a body portion, and, as seen in Figs. 1, 2,3, and 1, each facing-block has a substantially central long arm orprojection 2 and a short arm or projection 3 at each end. The long armsor projections 2 are as much longer than the arms 3 as is the thicknessof the brick, as is illustrated clearly in Fig. 2. In laying the wallthese facing-blocks are bonded into the wall by having the long arms 2in each horizontal layer or course extended between two adjacent bricksor portions of bricks, as the case may be. The short arms 3 bear'againstthe face of the bricks, as seen in Fig. 2. The next course is laid withthe facing-blocks moved one-half their length, more or less, to theright or left, so that the long arms of the facing-blocks in said nextsucceeding course will lie over the short arms 3 30f the lower course,and the long arms 2 are of a width substantially equal to the combinedwidth of the two adjacent short arms 3. It will thus be evident that thelong arm of each and every block is surrounded upon the top and bottomand both sides by the bricks, as indicated clearly in Fig. 1. Air-spaces5 are provided between the inner faces of the facing-blocks and theadjacent faces of the bricks 1, as clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2,and the depth of these air-spaces is regulated by the length of the arms2 and 3, as will be readily understood.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a somewhat similar construction of the wall inwhich there is a facing-block upon both sides. The blocks 1 employed arethe same as those employed in the form illustrated in Fig. 1, the saidfacingblocks being arranged upon opposite sides of the center wall 6,which may be of brick, stone, concrete blocks, or any desired material,and these blocks are disposed or laid in the wall so that the inner andouter facing-blocks in each horizontal course are alternately oppositelydisposedthat is, in one horizontal course the long arm 2 of thefacing-block upon one side of the wall extends 111 one direction withits inner end opposed to the oppositelyextending ends of the twoadjacent short arms 3 3 upon the facing-block upon the opposite face ofthe wall. In the next succeeding course the inner and outerfacing-blocks are oppositely disposedthat is, the long arms 2 of thefacing-block upon the inner face of the wall is laid over the two shortarms 3 3 of the facingblock upon that side of the wall in the lowercourse, and this of course brings the short arms 3 3 of the facing-blockin the same course of the opposite side of the wall over the long arms 2of the block in vertical line therewith upon that side of the wall. Itwill be noted that in this form of wall I provide two rows of air-spaces7 7 within the depth or thickness of the wall and that the facing-blocksupon the opposite sides of the wall are completely bonded into eachother and into the intermediate wall 6.

It is to be noted that in the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4t the long arms2 of the blocks 1 extend entirely through the intermediate "wall 6, andthe long arms of the facing-blocks upon opposite sides of the wall beingextended in opposite directions and the long arm of the facing-blocks ofone course being disposed and overlapping the joint between the long andshort arms in the lower course the result is a most substantial andrigid bonding of the blocks and of the wall.

From the above it will be seen that I have devised a simple, strong, anddurable, easilylaid form of wall construction, and while the structuralembodiment thereof as herein disclosed is what I at the present timeconsider preferable it is evident that the same is subject to changes,variations, and modifications, and capable of being constructed ofblocks of different forms from those herein illustrated withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of itsadvantages. I therefore do not wish to be restricted to the details ofconstruction, form, size, or proportions of parts herein set forth, butreserve the right to make such changes, variations, and modifications ascome properly within the scope of the protection prayed.

hat is claimed as new is 1. The combination with a wall, of a facingtherefor having an arm bonded in said wall and shorter arms bonded bythe arms in the next succeeding course.

2. The combination with a wall, of facingblocks upon opposite sidesthereof having integral arms bonded into said wall with continuousvertical air-spaces between the adjacent faces of the wall and blocks.

3. The combination with a wall, of facingblocks upon opposite sidesthereof having integral arms bonded into said wall and formingair-spaces upon opposite sides thereof.

l. The combination with a wall, of facingblocks upon opposite sidesthereof having integral arms bonded into said wall forming airspacesupon opposite sides of the same, and integral arms bonded by the arms ofthe blocks in the next succeeding course.

5. The combination with a wall, of a facing therefor having an integralarm bonded in said wall with an air-space between the wall and theadjacent face of the block, said airspace being adapted to communicatewith like air-spaces above and below it.

Signed by me at Denver, Colorado, this 25th day of February, 1904:.

FRANK E. KIDDER.

Witnesses:

HARMON H. RICE, EMMA L. KEMP.

